Betty Broderick 30 years later: Attorneys give closing arguments, mistrial declared in first trial

Betty Broderick first went on trial in October 1990 in San Diego for the murders of her ex-husband Dan and his second wife Linda. As the first the double-murder trial of Betty came to a close in mid-November 1990, both sides addressed the jury with closing arguments. Prosecutor Kerry Wells described the killings as “a double execution” and pointed to Betty pulling a phone from the wall as showing her intent for Dan to die and not be able to call for help. Betty’s lawyer Jack Earley made the defendant out to be the victim and said Dan tormented his former wife. The second clip from a few days later shows Judge Thomas Whelan declaring a mistrial after the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict. News 8’s Marianne Kushi reported that both sides admitted a retrial would be difficult especially the task of finding an unbiased jury. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/loc...

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